Tropical rainforests are exceptionally diverse, complex ecosystems and they’re home to some of the most unique wildlife on the planet.

The insect, which became known as the London Underground mosquito, is known by scientists as Culex pipiens form molestus. Evolutionary biologists have long believed that it evolved from the ...

From tiny gobies weighing about the same as a pencil to rays tipping the scales at over 46 kilogrammes, they are the largest fishes of their kind ever caught in the UK. To have a catch join the ranks ...

Book your tickets for our Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which opens Friday 17 October 2025. In the image ...

Shifts in Earth’s climate and ecosystems will have untold consequences for billions of people across the world.

“The African reed frogs are a good model for how we can approach conservation,” says Simon. “Amphibians are particularly sensitive to environmental change, and so they are good indicator species for ...

Using whole-genome data from approx. 350 contemporary and historical mosquitoes, researchers, led by Princeton University and including scientists from London’s Natural History Museum, show that the ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year has launched its sixty-second competition, calling for entries from photographers across the globe of all nationalities, backgrounds and experience levels.

As the stinkbugs lay their eggs, the scientists saw the females using the tip of their back legs to scratch its fungus-filled hindleg organs. They then smeared the egg with the fungus, which grew to ...

South African wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever has been announced as Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 for his powerful image, ‘Ghost Town Visitor’. The competition’s Young Wildlife ...

Pause, reflect and reconnect with the natural world through images that celebrate nature’s awe-inspiring beauty and urge us to protect it. Now in its sixth decade, Wildlife Photographer of the Year ...

Andrea Dominizi (Italy) finds a longhorn beetle looking like a guard observing an intruder. Andrea noticed this longhorn ...